COVID-19 Military Mandate Transparency Act
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Overview
This bill, the COVID-19 Military Mandate Transparency Act, requires the Department of Defense to conduct a study examining the circumstances surrounding military members who were separated from service due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The study will analyze the impact of this mandate on education benefits transfers and related separations, and provide data disaggregated by various factors such as military branch, service component, and discharge characterization. The findings will be reported to Congress and made publicly available.
Key provisions
- Requires the Department of Defense to conduct a study on military separations related to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
- The study will analyze the transfer of education benefits by separated service members to their dependents.
- The report must include data on the number of separated service members, those who initiated benefit transfers, and those denied religious exemptions.
- The report will also track the number of service members who returned to active duty under Executive Order 14184.
- The study will assess the budgetary impact of allowing dependent access to education benefits.
- Data will be disaggregated by military branch, service component, grade, years of service, and discharge characterization.
- The Department of Defense is required to publicly release the study's findings online.
Who is affected
- Members of the Armed Forces
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